Continental Tennessee Lines, Inc. v. McCanless

This was a bill under the Declaratory Judgments Act (T.C.A. 23-1101 — 1113) brought by complainant against George F. McCanless, Attorney General of Tennessee; Greg O’Rear, Commissioner of the Department of Safety; and Alfred McFarland, Commissioner of Revenue, for a construction of statutes (T.C.A. 59-1107, 1110) regulating the length of motor vehicles and buses, and a declaration as to complainant’s authority in the operation of its buses.

Complainant is a common carrier of passengers; and under certificates of convenience and necessity issued to it by the Tennessee Public Service Commission,…